Chapter 752

Selene nodded, her eyes thoughtful.

“She is.”

“What happened to her if you don’t mind me asking?”

“Honestly, we aren’t sure,” Selene said as she started towards the corridor. I followed after her. “It happened shortly after Lila’s birth. She used to be so vocal… her voice was the most soothing thing I had ever heard. But then she just stopped…”

“And you never figured out why?” I didn’t mean for my tone to sound accusatory, and I wished I could swallow it back down. Selene didn’t seem to take any offence over it, though.

She just shook her head, a sad expression on her face.

“We tried all we could… eventually, it learned to live with the new normal,” she explained. “Come on… let me show you around further so we can give the men some time to talk further.”

I glanced over my shoulder at the closed dining hall door. Biting my lip, I nodded and followed Selene

further away.

Gavin’s POV

the silence pressed harder now that I was alone with Zachary Backwell. The man hadn’t moved from his seat at the head of the table, posture straight, hands folded neatly before him as though the entire evening had been nothing more

I suppose it was.

now,” Zachary said at last, his


at times, and if he found his time was being wasted, he would have been gone. I tend to give people the

you

earned a slight chuckle

be here,” Zachary said. “But seriously, Gavin. I’m impressed with you. I might have been off the radar for a long time, but I wasn’t living under a rock. I had been keeping updates on you, and you’ve built quite a reputation.

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Chapter 752

the help of your father. It’s something to

didn’t like speaking of my father with a man who turned his

my voice coming out

in his

+15 BONUS

The Moon Gem is back where it belongs. I’m not entirely sure the details of how my daughter received it, but I’m not going ot complain now that it’s back in our family. I know it wasn’t your fault as to how it ended up in your family. You were a teenager when it happened. The feud that formed between our families died

sure if I could trust him, but his words


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